Shade-support.



E. W. FLINT.

SHADE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR;13. 1914.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

wi'izeasesx THE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTD-LITHO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

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EVERETT W. FLIN 0F noscron, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHADE-SUPPORT.

J b all whom concern: a

Be it known that I, EVERETT, W. FrJNT, a citizen of the United States, 'residlng. at

Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shade-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shade-supports, and has forits object the construction of a simple and eflicientform of support consisting of a pair of brackets arranged to support the shade in'parallel relation with the window-frame, and also at an angle with respect thereto, so that when in the latter position the light willbe admitted at one side when the shade is drawn. Heretofore attempts have been made to accomplish this result but the structures devised for the purpose have been complicated and necessarily expensive, while the structure involving my invention is simple, and comprehends merely a pair of brackets of novel form.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a pair of shadesupporting brackets. and shade supported thereby. Fig. 2 is-a side elevation of one of the supporting-brackets. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the other supporting-bracket, and, Fig. lis a plan view of a modified form of supporting-bracket embodying my invention. I

The shade-roller 10, here shown as of any wellknown type, has a pintle at each end, as for instance, a cylindrical pintle 12 at one end and a flat pintle 13 at the other end. The supporting-bracket for the cylindrical pintle, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3,- consists of an attaching-portion 15', astraight portion 16, extended forward at right angles to the attaching-portion andfhaving one or more openings 17, for the pintle, here shown as circular holes, which are made tapering; and an outer end-portion 18, which is deflected laterally with respect to the portion 16, and having one or more openings 19, here shown as circular holes which are made tapering, although the endmost opening may and preferably is a slot.

The supporting bracket for the flat pintle as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, consists of an attaching-portion 20, a straight portion 21, extended forward at right angles with respect to the attaching-portion and having one or more slots 22 in its upper edge, two being here shown, which are or may be arranged diagonally; and an outed end-portion 23, which is deflected laterally with re- 1 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec.'1, 1914.

Application filed March 13, 1914. SeriaI No. 824,532.

I spect to the portion 21, and having one or more slots 24 in its upper edge, two being here shown, which are or may be arranged diagonally. The straight portions 16 and 21, of the brackets are arranged in parallel relation, and the end-portions 18 and 23, are deflected in a direction toward each other, and the deflection is such that the distance between the opening nearest the straight portion of each bracket and the opening in the straight portion of the other bracket nearest its attaching-portion, is the same as 1 the distance between the corresponding openings in the straight portions of the brackets. This structure and arrangement of openings admits of a shade-roller being arranged in parallel relation with the window-frame and at different distances therefrom when its pintles are engaging the openings in the brackets which are formed in the straight portions 18 and 21; and also admits of the same shade-roller being arranged-at an angle with respect to the window-frame to let in the light at either side thereof when its pintles are engaging the openings of the straight portion nearest the attaching-portion of one bracket and the opening in the deflected portion of the other bracket, as represented by dotted lines Fig. l. The slots at the outer ends of the brackets are'espeoially designed to receive a tierod 30, which may or may not be employed, but in view of the fact that the brackets are made quitev long a tie-rod is usually required. This angular shifting of the shaderoller may be obtained in the same simple manner by forming the supporting-brackets on an arc of a circle, as represented in Fig. at, wherein an arcuate form of bracket is shown, but in this instance no provision is made for arranging the shade-roller at different distances from the window-frame While in parallel relation therewith.

I claim 1. The shade-roller support herein described consisting of a pair of supportingbrackets, each bracket of the pair having two or more pintle-receiving openings arranged at different distances from its attaching-portion, said brackets being arranged with their openings the same distances apart admitting of the shade-roller being arranged in parallel relation With the window-frame and also at an angle with respect thereto.

2. The shade-roller support herein described consisting of a pair of supporting- In testimony whereofii have signed my brackets, said brackets comprising parallel name to this specification, in the presence of portions extending forward from their attWO S scribing Witnessestaching-portions and end-portions which EVERETT W. FLINT. are deflected inward toward each other, 1 Witnesses:

each of said portions having one or more B; J. NOYES,

pintle-receiving openings. H. B. DAVIS.

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